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The WISD's Mission is to educate, serve, and advocate with students, families, schools, and the community. We disrupt racial inequities, build just educational systems, and expand access for all learners. We value human potential while striving to support current and future generations of Washtenaw County to enrich as many lives as we possibly can. 

The WISD’s Vision is to be a leader in empowering, facilitating, and delivering high-quality, boundary-spanning, educational system that educates all children through an equitable, inclusive, and holistic approach.

SUMMARY

The Data Specialist will design, develop, modify, and maintain a database of student information to meet District and partner research needs. This role will also support data analysis, sharing, and reporting while maintaining data security. This is a shared position between Washtenaw Intermediate School District and Eastern Michigan University’s STEM Institute.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Demonstrates a strong commitment to equity, social justice, and inclusion in all practices and position responsibilities.
  • Demonstrates the ability to examine how his/her/their position (directly or indirectly) impacts educational inequities in student achievement outcomes.
  • Engages in reflection and ongoing learning and development on critical concepts and terms identified in the Washtenaw ISD Educational Equity Policy including concepts such as cultural proficiency, racial equity, and systemic and structural inequities.
  • Builds and maintains a data structure for standardized student data including a warehouse or data lake that also meets the needs of the Driving Possibilities Grant.
  • Reports Driving Possibilities and other instructional data to appropriate partners.
  • Analyzes data and generates reports to meet ISD and District requests.
  • Generates data sets, distributions or reports for approved EMU research requests.
  • Loads and ensures data integrity.
  • Works as a partner with EMU to support approved research studies that require access to District or county data.
  • Interprets statistical information based on data.
  • Develops, maintains, and optimizes databases.
  • Provide aggregated data sets on request for research proposals.
  • Helps build the structure and design of the database and addresses scalability and performance over time.
  • Ensures efficient data storage and security.
  • Provides technical assistance in the areas of administrative and instructional technology.
  • Recommends and/or performs remedial actions to resolve data and system related problems.
  • Utilizes remote support utility to provide assistance.
  • Understands of how to secure and store data.
  • Utilizes SQL to pull data from PowerSchool tables.
  • Communicates with all stakeholders to ensure data is entered accurately and in a timely manner.
  • Completes FERPA training and ensure privacy/confidentiality of district data is protected., maintaining and reporting deidentified data.
  • Works with researchers to identify most appropriate data set for research study.
  • Assists with testing software updates to ensure correct functionality.
  • Assists with creating support documentation.
  • Attends meetings periodically, both onsite and online, to receive updated information and to share issues, concerns, and successes.
  • Participates in the evaluation, operation and testing of software, hardware, and network security configurations.
  • Works collaboratively with districts in Washtenaw County to ensure best practices in data exchange and security is maintained.
  • Establishes and maintains a positive and productive work relationship with intermediate and local District staff.
  • Work independently and in a team environment.
  • Regular predictable attendance.
  • Maintains a flexible work schedule to handle work problems at all hours.
  • Maintains regular predictable attendance.
  • PERFORMS OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED.

 

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

N/A

 

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Alternative requirements that may be appropriate and acceptable to the Board of Education may be considered.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

  • Possess a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Data Analysis, or related field is required.
  • Possesses a minimum of one (1) to three (3) years of experience in analyzing, diagnosing, and resolving customer problems - required.
  • Possesses experience administering PowerSchool student information system - required.
  • Possesses experience with database administration - required.
  • Possesses Oracle developer experience - required.
  • Possesses experience with API integration - required.
  • Possesses such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

  • Possesses SQL or Oracle Certification.

 

LANGUAGE SKILLS

  • Demonstrates ability to read, analyze and interpret periodicals, operating instructions, procedure manuals and professional journals.
  • Demonstrates ability to write routing reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
  • Demonstrates ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of educators, customers, and the public.
  • Demonstrates ability to facilitate effective group process.
  • Demonstrates ability to express self clearly, both orally and in writing.

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS

  • Demonstrates ability to apply technology and innovation to improve efficiency and solve problems.
  • Demonstrates ability to perform testing and monitoring proficiencies for servers.
  • Exhibits a strong working knowledge of the evolving field of technology and its uses for instructional practices.
  • Possesses familiarity with current and emerging technology issues and compliance concerns impacting ISDs and local districts related to instruction and related technological areas. 
  • Demonstrates strong technological skills.
  • Demonstrates ability to integrate technology into the everyday workflow is necessary.
  • Demonstrates ability to implement new technologies.
  • Demonstrates proficiency with productivity applications such as Microsoft Office (word processing, spreadsheets, database, and presentation software) and other technology to support efficient and effective office operation is required.
  • Demonstrates ability and willingness to learn new instructional technology and administrative applications.
  • Demonstrates ability to train others in the use of various software applications.

 

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

  • Demonstrates ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. 
  • Demonstrates ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

 

REASONING ABILITY

  • Demonstrates ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. 
  • Demonstrates ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
  • Exhibits a high level of professionalism with the ability to handle confidential information, use good judgment, plan, and handle complex projects while maintaining a flexible attitude.
  • Demonstrates ability to interpret complex technical documents.
  • Demonstrates ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
  • Demonstrates ability to effectively manage time and resources.
  • Exhibits high levels of initiative and strong capability of multitasking.

 

 INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

  • Exhibits excellent customer service and communication skills with a client-centered focus.
  • Demonstrates ability to build rapport with others and to serve diverse publics.
  • Demonstrates ability to take initiative, work well with others as a collaborative team member, and exhibit good communication skills.
  • Demonstrates ability to work as part of a team, to communicate clearly, think creatively and relate well with other team members.

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel crouch or crawl; and to talk or hear.  The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 35 pounds such as files and training material.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus. The ability to travel to other buildings is required. The position requires the individual to sometimes work irregular or extended work hours and meet multiple demands from several people.

ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTABILITY

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

The noise level in the work environment is quiet to loud depending upon the activity in the particular part of the day. Occasionally the employee may be required to be outdoors for a short period of time, and therefore subject to varying weather conditions, for purposes of accomplishing the essential functions of this job.

FUNCTIONS OF POSITION DESCRIPTION

This position description has been prepared to define the general duties of the position, provide examples of work and to detail the required knowledge, skills, and ability as well as the acceptable experience and training for the position.  The description is not intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct and control the duties of employees under supervision.  The WISD retains and reserves any and all rights to change, modify, amend, add to or delete from any portion of this description in its sole judgment.

This position description is not a contract for employment.

The WISD is an equal opportunity employer, in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.  The District will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.

TERMS

Contract, salary and other employment conditions to be established by the Board of Education as reflected in the Non-Affiliated Staff Manual. Starting salary ranging (dependent upon experience) from $77,405 - $95,130.

Washtenaw Intermediate School District is a Drug-Free Workplace.

It is the policy and commitment of the Washtenaw Intermediate School District not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, age, height, weight, familial status, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation or any legally protected characteristic, in its educational programs, activities, admissions, or employment policies in accordance with Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendments, executive order 11246 as amended, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and all other pertinent state and Federal regulations.